Official: Iran suffered $300m in damage to research infrastructure Iran’s vice-president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy, Hossein Afshin, said knowledge-based companies also suffered heavy losses, Iranian media reported
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11 July 2026 07:24 BST
Iran’s vice-president for science, technology and knowledge-based economy, Hossein Afshin, said knowledge-based companies also suffered heavy losses, Iranian media reported.
Afshin said knowledge-based firms incurred losses of 65m rials and $25m in foreign exchange during the "imposed war", IRNA reported.
"The enemy had targeted Iran's scientific and technological authority, which will be rebuilt with power," Afshin said.
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